Renissaince Flashcards
(23 cards)
Theocracy
Government run by religious leaders
Predestination
Idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation
Martin Luther King Jr.
German monk, Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in 16th century Christianity, subsequently known as the Protestant Reformation.
95 Theses
written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
John Calvin
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism.
Heliocentric
having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
Henry VIII
He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France.
Patron
A sponsor or customer
Humanism
Belief in human based morality
Perspective
A particular evolution on something
Vanishing point
Point where something dissapears
Leonardo da vinci
An inventor, artist, innovator, and medical professional. Mona Lisa
Michelango
An architect, poet, artist, and engineer.
Mona lisa
Famous painting by leonardo da vinci.
The last supper
Depiction of the last supper that Jesus had with his disciples painted by Leonardo devinci
The pieta
Renaissance sculpture by michaelagnelo in st. Peters basilica in vatican city
Niccolo Michiavelli
Father of modern political theory, helped in the times of the French invasion
The prince
Political treatise by the Italian diplimant, historiam, and political theorist Niccolo Machiavello
Vernacular
Dialect of the Rennaisance
William Shakespear
English poet and playwrighter. Widely regardedas the greatest writer of english language.
Johan Gutenberg
Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher who introduced printing to Europe
Indulgence
A grant by the pope of remission of temporal punishment in purgatory
Recant
One that no longer holds an opinion or beliefs